25
Children Die
After Syrian Forces 'Barrel Bomb' Art
Show, Activists Say
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At least 25
Children are dead
After a government plane bombed an elementary school in Aleppo, Syria on Wednesday.
The
Children died when
Syrian Forces dropped a "barrel bomb" on a school in the rebel-held city,
CNN reported, citing the opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria, on the day an exhibit of their art depicting the
Syrian war was
set to open.
Barrel bombs are essentially oil drums packed to the brim with shrapnel, nails and explosives; they have been
systematically deployed against Syria's civilian population, and "tend to create larger zones of building destruction," according to
Human Rights Watch.
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